The penultimate round of the French Elite Championship took place last weekend in St Thibery, and Maxime Desprey put his 450 Monster Energy Bud Racing Kawasaki on the third step of the box. He is now third in the standings.
It was a sunny weekend in Southern France for this fifth round of the French Elite, and the entire team was there. In the MX1 class Maxime did a great opening moto as he got the holeshot and led the first laps; then Boog passed him and they stay together all race long, but Max didn’t find the spot to pass him and finally another rider passed them! Third of this race Maxime scored a fourth position in the second one, to finish third overall; also third in the standings, he will defend his podium in two weeks’ time for the final round in Pernes les Fontaines.
In the MX2 class it’s Marshal Weltin who was the strongest Bud Kawasaki rider, scoring a fifth overall only three points from a podium result! Fifteenth in the practice session Marshal did as always two strong races, coming back from eleventh to fifth in the first one and then scoring a sixth position with very good lap times in the last part of the races. Tristan Charboneau got a better result in the practice session (twelfth) but couldn’t finish the first heat; after a good start in the second race he collided with some riders in the opening lap but finally came back from thirteenth to eight.
Nineteenth in the practice session with his 125, Brian Moreau delivered his best performance of the season in the Elite MX2, just one-week prior the French Grand Prix! He had a tough task at the start among the 250, but he never gave up and did two impressive races coming back from 26th to 17th in race one and from 33rd to 15th in the next one. A very good training for the European 125 this weekend in France!
This weekend the team will be in Ernée for the next round of the European 125 and 250 championships, during the MXGP of France. And on Monday, on the same track, some journalists will have the opportunity to ride the 250 KX Kawasaki 2017 and also the 250 KX Kawasaki that Marvin Musquin was riding ten years ago!
Maxime Desprey: “In the first race I got the holeshot but in the first part of the race I didn’t had the best lines and Xavier passed me, we did all the race together but I never could pass him and finally another rider passed both. I had a good feeling in this race, much better than in the second one where I was not fast enough to do better than fourth. I was on the box and now I’m third in the standings before the final round. Thanks to the Bud Racing team, now focused on the MXGP of France.”
